numerous examples of fears from people in the white caucuses I have facilitated. My guess is you can relate to feeling some of these, including: What if I make a mistake or say something racist? Will people see me as incompetent? Will this hurt my relationships with people of color? Will it hurt my reputation? Will I lose credibility? Is this a career-ending move? Will this moment come to define me so people always think of me as racist? What if they think I am a fraud? Will people be disappointed in me or feel I’ve let them down? What if people get hurt or I make things worse? What if I never
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literally NONE of these examples worry exclusively and explicitly about the poc involved, and all of them revolve around personal gain. and yet that's not the ego part????? also, is triggered really the right word or excuse to use here?
